Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-10
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Four Hundred and Thirty-One Italians
Killed In the Encounter With
the Abyssinians.
Three Bomb Explosions in France-serious
Riot Among the Strising Miners
at Blantyre, Scotland
GREAT SLAUGHTER OF ITALIANS.

from MasSoWah announces that IN the re-
cent encounter with the Abyssinisns the
Italians had twenty-four officers and 401
men killed and one officer and eighty-one
men wounded. King Humbert has sum
moned the presidents OF both chambers
for conference.
1t is believed the King will entrust
Signor Depretis with the formation of q
new ministry, whichwill be an extremely
difficult task, IN view of the firm decision
of Count Radiant rot to re-enter office.
WHY THE ITALIANS WERE DEFEATED.
VIENNA, Feb. 9.-The Press OF this
city considers the resignation Of Count
de Radiant, the Italian Foreign Minister,
a bad augury for the preservation of
European peace. His retirement, the
papers say, will be specially welcome in
Russia where the Italian defeat at
Msssowah is recognized as being partly
the work OF Russian assistance to the
Abyssinians.
DYNAMITE OUTRAGES.
LYONS, Feb. 9.-Two bombs were
simultaneously exploded to-day in front
of the police headquarters Office in this
city. The bombs struck against the rail.
Ing and were thus prevented from ex
pending their force on the building.
At Stetenn, thirty-three miles south
west Of Lyons, bomb was thrown at the
police station. 1t exploded outside the
office, out with such force that three
officers, who were within the building,
were seriously injured. Eight men have
been arrested for alleged completely in
the latter outrage.
RIOT IN SCOTLAND
LONDON, Feb. "a riot occurred
yesterday at Blantyre, Scotland, among
the striking miners. The local police
were powerless to quell the disturbance,
and troops were called IN. The rioters
broke into the Stonefeld police station,
and rescued the prisoners confined there.
Aferward they looted q dozen shops, car
rylng away quantities of whisky and -four.
There were numerous casualties. Ten
constables were seriously injured. The
hussars aud extra police remain on the
ground for fear of q renewal of the riot
ing.
ON THE DEFENSIVE.
PARIS, Feb. 9.-L'Eventnent has dis
patch saying that DR.. Windthorst in an
ments were for defensive not offensive
purposes, anu WCIC ullSSLSu HULL
against Russia as France.
TO PROCEED AGAINST THE SULTAN. .
BERLIN, Feb. 9.-Deutscher Tegblatt
learns that the German fleet at Zanzibar
is likely to lake serious STEPS against the
Sultan on account of his unfriendly atti-
tude toward Germany regarding the East
Africa Society. The Tagblatt says that
England is secretly backing the Sultan.
NOTES FROM GERMANY.
BERLIN, Feb. 9.-The Prussian loan
project has been modified. Further ar
concerning it have been post
poned. This is attributed to the gov
eminent being confident since the publ
cation of Cardinal JaCobini's dispatch eX-
pressing the Pope's wishes respecting
the attitude of the Center party towards
the Septennate bill that the new Reichstag
will grant in the Septennate vote what
resources may be demanded.
DR.. Won Gossler, Prussian Minister of
Ecclesiastical Affairs, has sent circulars
to the officials of the Prusslau Provinces,
them to cffer facilities for the
return of religious orders. The edicts
forbidding the admission of the members
of such bodies without the consent of the
ministers have been resCinded, and Or
ders have been issued for free admis-
sion and transfer of such members ex-
cepting minors who will be required to
have the written consent of their guard
ians. The government reserves the right
of limiting the number of re-admission.
ACTION OF THE SCOTCH LIBERALS.
EDINBURGH, Feb. AT conference of
the Scotch Liberal Association resolu-
lions were adopted declaring in favor of
reform in the land laws, in favor of local
self-government, disestablishment of the
church, state control of the liquor traffic
and vote of confidence in Gladstone.
ALONG CABINET MEETING.
LONDON, Feb. 9.-The Cabinet held
three hours session to-day. Rumors are
current that dissensions have developed
among the ministers.
IN PARLIAMENT.
LONDON, Feb. 9.-Walter Stowe Bright
McLaren, Radical, resumed the debate in
the House of Commons this afternoon on
Parnell's amendment to the address
in reply to the Queens speech
He defended the Irish National
Leagues ''plan of campaign" He said
it involved nothing but holding
back from unreasonable landlords tenn
porarily the rents they claimed, which at
the worst was merely a technical
violation of the conspiracy law. McLaren
declared that the relief obtained by the
tenants under the plan of cam
paign had made the latter a i
valuable aid to the government
in keeping peace in Ireland, and said that
on this account alone the government
ought to connive at the success of the |
plan instead of attempting to crush it.
Ri. Hon. Sir Edward George Clark,
contended that the plan of
was acknowledged by every
lawyer Of repute to be Illegal and con-
spiracy.
Clarke denied that the charges that the
landlords had been guilty of cruelty in
evictions, had been proved. II these |
charges were true why was it that agitation |
was dying out. Because it had become
clear to thel tenants that they had been !
made the instruments of an agitation !
which prevented them from
accepting the indulgent terms land
lords offered. Clarke accused |
the Liberal leaders of supporting Parnell's |
and not because they ap-
proved of the plan of campaign, but in
order to defeat the efforts of the govern |
ment to restore order in Ireland. The
government, however would, he !
said, maintain law and order in
Ireland. They would do this If possible |
by the operation of ordinary law, |
and if that should fail Parliament